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To: koan who wrote (50177)12/31/2017 12:24:09 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 359339
 
"It is not in the best interest of our democratic society for the rich to decide where their money goes. "



"The taxes on the rich are much too low"
Yup, but that's a different issue. The rich should still decide where their post-tax money goes.

"I don't think we should rely on the rich to decide which charities to fund"
Do you think we should rely on me to decide which charities I want to donate to, or should we put that up to a vote?



To: koan who wrote (50177)12/31/2017 1:23:10 PM
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>> It is not in the best interest of our democratic society for the rich to decide where their money goes.

This may be one of the most outright stupid comments I've ever read.

>> If we taxed them appropriately we could easily offer universal health care, free public education, pay down our debt and start reversing the obscene income inequality.
As is this one. Totally oblivious to the basic arithmetic of budgets.


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